In operational open pit mines, large rock surfaces are exposed daily and hundreds or thousands of new discontinuities are exposed, all of which may results in the formation of unstable keyblocks and wedges. It is impractical to attempt to map each discontinuity and carry out a stability analysis Read more... about Bench Berm Design Using Probabilistic Keyblock Analysis

Probabilistic methods combined with risk assessment are a better way to assess slope design in open pit mines compared to deterministic methods. These methods are suitable for use on evaluation of risk or when there is uncertainty in the input parameters.